Current Location: In storage
Titles
Strawberry Leaf Plate
Maker(s)
Factory:
Longton Hall Porcelain Manufactory
Proprietor:
Littler, William
Entities
Categories
Description
Soft-paste porcelain soup plate, moulded in relief, and decorated with leaves and fruits of strawberry plants in polychrome enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain soup plate, moulded in relief, lead-glazed, and painted in red, yellow, green, blue, purple and puce enamels. The deep circular plate has a turned-out wavy rim, moulded alternately with leaves and fruiting strawberry plants, and stands on a low, ground footring. The moulded decoration is naturalistically coloured, and the plate is further painted with scattered sprays and sprigs of flowers, in the style of the 'Trembly Rose Painter'. A pair with C.81-1933.
Notes
History note: Unknown before testator
Legal notes
Bequeathed by the Rev. A. V. Valentine-Richards
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 23.5 cm
Height: 4 cm
Place(s) associated
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Longton Hall
⪼ Staffordshire
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1933-04-05)
by
Valentine-Richards, A. V., The Rev
Dating
Mid-18th Century
George II
Production date:
circa
AD 1755
School or Style
Rococo
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( red, yellow, green, blue, purple and puce)
Materials used in production
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Press-moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief, lead-glazed, and painted in red, yellow, green, blue, purple and puce enamels
Glazing (coating)
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.80-1933
Primary reference Number: 38134
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Saturday 27 November 2021
Last processed: Monday 25 July 2022
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
